Note 130 — Chapter IV · BIRTH AND EARLIEST EVENTS OF THE LIFE OF JESUS.
George Eliot translation
With the words of Simeon addressed to Mary: καὶ σοῦ δὲ αὐτῆς τὴν ψυχὲν διελεύσεται ῥομφαία (v. 35) comp. the words in the messianic psalm of sorrow, xxii. 21: ῥῦσαι ἀπὸ ῥομφαίας τὴν ψυχέν μου. ↑